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2015 CCM/USA HOCKEY ALL-AMERICAN PROSPECTS GAME FIRST NIAGARA CENTER • BUffALO, NEW YORK • THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 2015 • The fourth annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game features 42 top American-born players eligible for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. • Some 150 NHL scouts are in attendance at tonight’s game. • Twenty-two players in tonight’s game appear on the 2015-16 NHL Central Scouting Futures List, which highlights players that have potential to be selected in the first three rounds of the draft. TONIGHT’S GAME USA HOCKEY HAPPENINGS NCAA HOCKEY WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY 2016 Twenty-six players are verbally committed to NCAA On Monday, USA Hockey announced that John Tor- programs. Additionally, defenseman Charlie McAvoy torella (Boston, Mass.), who ranks first on the NHL’s is a freshman at Boston University, while forwards all-time wins list among American-born coaches, will Luke Kunin and Tage Thompson are first-year play- serve as head coach of Team USA for the 2016 World ers at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Cup of Hockey. Connecticut, respectively. The U.S. management group for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey includes Dean Lombardi (Ludlow, Mass./L.A. UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE Kings) as general manager; Paul Holmgren (St. Paul, Thirty-three players have developmental roots in the Minn./Philadelphia Flyers) as assistant general manag- USHL. As the top junior league in the United States, er; Brian Burke (Edina, Minn./Calgary Flames) as se- the USHL prepares players for NCAA Division I hockey nior advisor; and Jim Johannson (Colorado Springs, as well as careers in the NHL. Colo./USA Hockey) as director of hockey operations. USA HOCKEY’S NATIONAL TEAM THREE FINALISTS NAMED FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2018 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP A total of 19 players in the AAPG have played or current- USA Hockey announced on Sept. 15 that it has nar- ly play for USA Hockey’s National Team Development rowed the candidate cities vying to host the 2018 Inter- Program in Plymouth, Michigan. The full-time program national Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Champi- is composed of two squads, the U.S. National Under-18 onship to Buffalo, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Under-17 Teams, which compete in the USHL, while and St. Louis, Missouri. Officials from USA Hockey also facing international and collegiate competition. conducted their official site visit in Buffalo earlier this week and will visit the other two finalist sites in Octo- YOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ber. A final decision is expected by the end of the year. Thirteen of the players at the AAPG have participated in the Toyota/USA Hockey National Championships. Ad- USA HOCKEY ARENA ditionally, two players have claimed a national champi- USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program onship. will embark on its inaugural season at USA Hockey Mitch Eliot helped Honeybaked claim the 2013 USA Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. The season will include Hockey Tier I Youth National Championship at the 14 37 home games, including the U.S. National Under-18 and Under level. Team’s home opener on Oct. 9, and the U.S. Nation- A year later, Ryan Lindgren and Shattuck St. Mary al Under-17 Team’s debut the weekend of Oct. 16-17. won the 2014 USA Hockey 18 and Under National Tickets are on sale now online at usahockeyarena.com. Championship. 2015 AAPG PLAYERS BY STATE LAST YEAR’S DRAFT Michigan..........................11 Massachusetts..................2 Fifty-five Americans were chosen at the 2015 NHL Entry Minnesota.........................8 Connecticut.......................1 Draft, including seven first-round selections and 26 players New York...........................7 Maryland...........................1 Illinois................................4 North Carolina...................1 from last year’s AAPG. It marked the most first-round selec- Missouri.............................3 Ohio..................................1 tions since 2010 (11) and the first time in NHL Entry Draft Florida...............................2 Washington.......................1 history that three NCAA players were selected in the top-10. #AAPG AllAmericanProspectsGame.com @usahockey 2015 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game Notes TEAM PLANTE ROSTER Head Coach: Derek Plante Assistant Coach: Danton Cole Goalie Coach: Kevin Reiter Blue Jersey No Name Ht Wt Birthdate S/C Hometown 2015-16 Team College Committed GOALTENDERS (2) 1 Evan Sarthou* 6-0 185 9/24/97 L Black Diamond, Wash. Tri-City Americans (WHL) – 30 Ryan Edquist 6-0 170 1/28/98 L Lakeville, Minn. Madison Capitols (USHL) Univ. of Minnesota (Big Ten) DEFENSEMEN (7) 2 Alex Green 6-1 173 6/18/98 R Chicago, Ill. Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Cornell Univ. (ECAC Hockey) 3 Mitch Eliot 6-0 190 2/6/98 R Grosse Pointe, Mich. Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Michigan State Univ. (Big Ten) 4 Charlie McAvoy* 6-0 211 12/21/97 R Long Beach, N.Y. Boston Univ. (HEA) Boston Univ. (HEA) 5 Luke McInnis 5-11 174 7/29/98 L Hingham, Mass. Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) Boston College (HEA) 6 Derek Daschke 6-2 190 1/6/98 L Troy, Mich. Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) Western Mich. Univ. (NCHC) 7 J.D. Greenway* 6-4 205 4/27/98 L Potsdam, N.Y. U.S. National Under-18 Team Not committed 8 Ryan Lindgren* 6-0 198 2/11/98 L Minneapolis, Minn. U.S. National Under-18 Team Univ. of Minnesota (Big Ten) FORWARDS (12) 9 Kieffer Bellows* 6-1 195 6/10/98 L Edina, Minn. U.S. National Under-18 Team Boston Univ. (HEA) 10 Max Jones* 6-2 205 2/17/98 L Rochester, Mich. London Knights (OHL) – 11 Garrett Wait 5-11 163 6/13/98 L Edina, Minn. Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) Univ. of Minnesota (Big Ten) 12 Keenan Suthers 6-7 220 4/27/98 L Macomb, Mich. U.S. National Under-18 Team Western Michigan Univ. (NCHC) 14 Clayton Keller* 5-10 170 7/29/98 L Swansea, Ill. U.S. National Under-18 Team Boston Univ. (HEA) 16 Trent Frederic 6-2 205 2/11/98 L St. Louis, Mo. U.S. National Under-18 Team Univ. of Wisconsin (Big Ten) 17 Drake Rymsha 6-0 183 8/6/98 R Huntington Woods, Mich. London Knights (OHL) – 18 Alex DeBrincat* 5-7 161 12/18/97 R Farmington Hills, Mich. Erie Otters (OHL) – 19 Willie Knierim* 6-3 213 1/22/98 R Skokie, Ill. Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) Miami Univ. (NCHC) 20 Tage Thompson* 6-5 185 10/30/97 R Oyster Bay, N.Y. Univ. of Connecticut (HEA) Univ. of Connecticut (HEA) 21 Matt Filipe* 6-2 202 12/31/97 L Lynnfield, Mass. Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) Northeastern Univ. (HEA) 22 Logan Brown* 6-6 223 3/5/98 L Raleigh, N.C. Windsor Spitfires (OHL) – *appears on the 2015-16 NHL Central Scouting Futures list HEAD COACH DEREK PLANTE Internationally, Plante represented the U.S. at the Interna- tional Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship on six occasions, helping Team USA claim bronze medals at the 1996 and 2004 events. He also played for the U.S. at the 1991 IIHF World Junior Championship. The Cloquet, Minnesota, native starred with the University of Minnesota Duluth for four years and finished his colle- giate career with 219 points in 138 outings, which is tied for second all-time in team history. As a senior in 1992-93, Plante was named a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist, Derek Plante, who was drafted out of high school by the a first team All-American and WCHA Player of the Year. Buffalo Sabres in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, returns to Buf- falo as a head coach for the CCM/USA Hockey All-Ameri- Inducted into the UMD Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009, Plan- can Prospects Game. te spent five seasons (2010-15) as an assistant coach for his alma mater, where he helped guide the Bulldogs to their Plante played eight seasons in the NHL, suiting up for first-ever NCAA Division I national championship in 2011. the Buffalo Sabres (1993-99), Dallas Stars (1998-2000), This past August, he served as head coach for the U.S. Chicago Blackhawks (1999-2000) and Philadelphia Flyers Under-18 Select Team at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tourna- (2000-01). A member of the 1999 Stanley Cup champion ment, a position he also held in 2014. Dallas Stars, Plante amassed 248 points (96-152) in 450 NHL career games before spending another seven sea- Plante and his wife Krisi have three sons: Zam, Max and sons playing professionally in Europe and Japan. Victor. #AAPG AllAmericanProspectsGame.com @usahockey 2015 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game Notes TEAM ROENICK ROSTER Head Coach: Derek Plante Assistant Coach: Chris Luongo Goalie Coach: Kevin Reiter White Jersey No. Name Ht Wt BirthdateS/C Hometown 2015-16 Team College Committed GOALTENDERS (2) 1 Tyler Parsons* 6-1 180 9/18/97 L Chesterfield, Mo. London Knights (OHL) – 30 Stephen Dhillon 6-4 180 9/14/98 L Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara IceDogs (OHL) – DEFENSEMEN (7) 2 Chad Krys* 5-11 184 4/10/98 L Ridgefield, Conn. U.S. National Under-18 Team Boston Univ. (HEA) 3 Griffin Luce* 6-3 215 3/10/98 L Williamsville, N.Y. U.S. National Under-18 Team Univ. of Michigan (Big Ten) 4 Michael Campoli 6-2 191 1/21/98 L Ann Arbor, Mich. U.S. National Under-18 Team Boston College (HEA) 5 Sam Rossini* 6-3 198 6/19/98 L Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) Univ. of Minnesota (Big Ten) 6 Adam Fox 5-10 183 2/17/98 R Jericho, N.Y. U.S. National Under-18 Team Harvard Univ.